Vulnerability. 

It’s a quality we often search for in art, but is an emotional state we desperately try to avoid in our personal lives. V/M/m represents both sides of this coin, in both its themes and in its creation. The tracks were recorded nearly 10 years ago when Veronika Coassolo and Macro/micro (Tommy Simpson) sonically explored fragility, loss, tenderness and melancholy in a very personal way. While feeling excited about the tracks on their own, unhealthy impulses of the monkey-mind badgered Tommy with thoughts like “does this fit within the aesthetic of Macro/micro?”, or “have I done enough musically to support these beautiful vocals?”. Paralyzing self doubt pushed these tracks deeper and deeper into hard drive archives until they were nearly forgotten, until thankfully, a mentally different Tommy Simpson rediscovered them in 2025. One advantage of aging is becoming more comfortable in your own skin, less neurotic of life’s decision-tree of limitless possible outcomes, and thankfully, in this case, acceptance of the vulnerability that made these songs spacial to begin with. While the tracks may be a time capsule, their emotional valence is evergreen.

Della Notte

IPX is a Chicago-born House music producer and DJ. Inspired by WBMX and B96 at a young age, his passion for House has driven his involvement in the Midwest scene for decades.